Mr. David Walsh:

I discussed with Mr. Tadhg Daly, I cannot remember the exact dates but early in the process, the issue of recruitment. I assured him of a couple of things. The first was that the national director of human resources wrote to each CHO and hospital group asking them not to recruit actively from the private nursing home sector. The second was regarding the Be On Call For Ireland panel. The national director of human resources made it clear within the HSE that nobody working in a healthcare setting in the country, including in private nursing homes, should be recruited through that process but that it should be used to bring in new people.